<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (<b>RCEP</b>) is a proposed
free trade agreement (FTA) between the ten member states of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (Brunei, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand, Vietnam) and the six Asia-Pacific states with which ASEAN has
existing free trade agreements (Australia, China, India, Japan ...) </div><div><br></div><div>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Belinda Townsend</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:belinda.townsend@anu.edu.au">belinda.townsend@anu.edu.au</a>></span></div><div><span dir="ltr"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"> I think it makes sense to extend signature deadline for the civil society statement against RCEP to maybe the 20th Feb. <div dir="ltr"><div id="m_5183770495809266943divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif" dir="ltr"><div id="m_5183770495809266943divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr">
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<span style="font-size:12pt">We currently have 59 signatures so far. </span>The statement of opposition is attached to this email and sign on is via this google form: <span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols"> </span><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/MnNQzSx7LijV26FU2" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="m_5183770495809266943LPlnk716495" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/forms/MnNQzSx7LijV26FU2</a><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols"> </span></p>
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Please circulate the statement and sign-on link with groups in your countries. The statement covers a wide range of issues including access to medicines, women and gender, climate change, food security, working conditions etc and it would be great if we can
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Do we know if someone from civil society <span style="font-size:12pt">can present the statement if there is a stakeholder round in Bali?</span></p></div><div dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b><br></b></font></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Calibri';color:#000000"><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration:none;font-family:"Calibri";font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;display:inline"><div class="m_5183770495809266943x_gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table style="color:#000000" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></td></tr><tr><td style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0)"></td>
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